When Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in January 1961 he warned against the growing menace to democracy of “the military-industrial complex,” to which The Nation devoted an entire issue in ...

he quoted former President Eisenhower's farewell address from 1961, and said he was equally concerned decades later about the dangers of the military-industrial complex and misplaced power.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (UPI) --President Eisenhower cautioned Americans ... nothing for granted" and make sure that this "military-industrial complex" does not dominate the government.

Biden didn't say "end of quote" by accident. He read a quote by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower before switching back to his own words.